Stiffened

Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.]
   1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to
      stiffen cloth with starch.
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            Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak.
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   2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
      stiffen paste.
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   3. To make torpid; to benumb.
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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "stiffened":
      accelerated, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, backed, beefed-up,
      bloated, boosted, broadened, calcified, callous, calloused,
      case-hardened, crusted, crusty, crystallized, deepened, elevated,
      enhanced, enlarged, expanded, extended, fossilized, granulated,
      hardened, heightened, hiked, hornified, increased, incrusted,
      indurate, indurated, inflated, intensified, jazzed up, lapidified,
      magnified, multiplied, ossified, petrified, proliferated, raised,
      reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, spread,
      steeled, strengthened, swollen, tightened, toughened, vitrified,
      widened